CVE-2018-5219 describes an input validation vulnerability in the K7 Antivirus 15.1.0306 driver file (K7FWHlpr.sys). This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a denial of service (Blue Screen of Death) and potentially achieve other unspecified impacts by sending crafted input to IOCtl 0x83002168. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires local access and low privileges, but has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
15.1.0306CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:k7computing:antivirus:15.1.0306:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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